Aircraft maint issues
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Beer parties are still a go weekly and every week. And now more often than before as new rooftop was installed on the hangars over at tech ops.
We kinda new it was coming after herb and Colleen left. Just didn't expect it to be as bad as it is now. Like someone else has already posted, the culture is out the window at SWA in maint.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/southwest-airlines-faces-an-operational-emergency/
After viewing this, I must admit I got a good laugh about the union's complaint about fatigue if mechanics are forced to work overtime.
But when it comes to mechanics working cs doubles and ot after a double on their own volition. I guess that's ok. fatigue doesn't matter then!
Can anyone say HYPOCRISY?
WeAAsles
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I haven’t worked a CS or signed up for OT in over a decade. And I completely despise when management comes around with that mandatory overtime slip.
Some people prefer money to the detriment of their sleep and health and others prefer their sleep and health more.
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We have guys that do tripples all the time for the double time, and to time out.
Can we all now see what happens when we turn down OT, of course we all hear the guys who can't live without OT say "I'll do more damage on the clock and take their money" then finish job real quick and go on break. Can anyone say HYPOCRISY?
What scares me the most is, how a guy in Oklahoma and Texas can't make it on $100k a year.
That's my point. We can't have a union cry FATIGUE if its members are forced to work ot when we have mechanics voluntarily working more CS hours than ot
Yes some mechanics do work several hours, doubles and even triple o/t to get overtime $$$. And some don't work any o/t, no doubles, and never a triple, so the unions outreach of fatigue is simply that, about the mechanics that are not use to it to please speak up if it comes to it, that is all. Not all mechanics are use to working even 12 hours, so when or if it gets to mandatory o/t, remember that some are not use to it.
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And alot of guys live for overtime and the trades, so let's be totally honest here. When you given a task card, and you follow that to the letter, stuff ends up broke in the morning. When you are happy stuff flies unless it is really broke. So if you unfortunately a mechanic in on of our emergency stations because pissed up people are more diligent during that time, you have to suffer for it.
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